Ben E. King

Benjamin Earl King (28 Eylül 1938 - 30 Nisan 2015) daha çok Ben E. King olarak bilinen bir Amerikalı soul şarkıcısı. Ben E. King denilince akla gelen ilk şarkı bestesini yaptığı ve söylediği "Stand by Me" dir. Şarkı Amerika Birleşik Devletlerinde U.S. Top 10'de 1961 ve 1986 yıllarında ve İngiltere'de 1 numaralı hit olmuştur. R&B vokal grubu The Drifters'da solist olarak da kendini tanıtmıştır.

Earl King, 30 Nisan 2015 tarihinde kalp rahatsızlığı nedeniyle öldü.

Ünlü Olmadan Önceki Hayatı
King, 28 Eylül 1938 tarihinde Henderson, North Carolina'da doğdu. 9 yaşında Harlem, New York'a taşındı.

Diskografi
Albümleri
Spanish Harlem (1961, Atco) US: #57 UK: #30
Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (1962)
Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Young Boy Blues (1964)
Ben E. King's Greatest Hits (1964)
Seven Letters (1965)
What Is Soul (1967) (not issued in the U.S.)
Rough Edges (1970, Maxwell)
The Beginning of It All (1972, Mandala)
Supernatural (1975, Atlantic) US: #39
I Had a Love (1976)
Rhapsody (1976)
Let Me Live in Your Life (1978)
Music Trance (1980)
Street Tough (1980)
Save the Last Dance for Me (1987, EMI-Manhattan)
Stand by Me: The Ultimate Collection (1987, Atlantic) UK: #14
What's Important to Me (1991, Ichiban)
Anthology (1993, Rhino)
Shades of Blue (1993, Half Note)
I Have Songs in My Pocket (1998, Bobby Susser)
The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998, Rhino) UK: #15
Eleven Best (2001, Cleopatra)
Person To Person: Live At The Blue Note (2003, Half Note)
Soul Masters (2005, Digital Music Group)
I've Been Around (2006, True Life)
Love Is Gonna Get You (2007, Synergy)
Heart & Soul (2010–2011, CanAm Records)

Diğer Albümleri
Benny and Us (1977) US: #33 (Average White Band & Ben E. King)
The Atlantic Family Live in Montreux (1977) (Average White Band ve diğer grupların da yer aldığı bir kayıt)
Soul Meeting (1968) (Soul Clan'in bir üyesi olarak)

The Drifters'daki singleları
"There Goes My Baby" (1959) R&B: #1 US: #2
"Oh My Love (1959)
"Dance With Me" (1959) R&B: #2 US: #15 UK: #17
"This Magic Moment" (1960) R&B: #4 US: #16
"Lonely Winds" (1960) R&B: #9 US: #54
"Save The Last Dance For Me" (1960) R&B: #1 US: #1 UK: #2
"Nobody But Me" (1960)
"I Count the Tears" (1960) US: #17 UK: #28
"Sometimes I Wonder" (1962)
Solo singleları
"Brace Yourself (1960, Atco)
"Show Me the Way" (1960, Atco)
"A Help Each Other (1960, Atlantic) Lavern Baker ile
"How Often" (1960, Atlantic) Lavern Baker ile
"Spanish Harlem (1961, Atco) R&B: #15 US: #10
"First Taste of Love" (1961) US: #53 UK: #27 ("Spanish Harlem")
"Stand by Me" (1961) R&B: #1 US: #4 UK: #27
"Amor" (1961) R&B: #10 US: #18 UK: #38
"Young Boy Blues" (1961) US: #66
"Here Comes the Night" (1961) US: #81 ("Young Boy Blues"'un b tarafında)
"Ecstasy" (1962) US: #56
"Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (1962) R&B: #2 US: #11
"Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear (1962)
"Too Bad" (1962) US: #88
"I'm Standing By" (1962) US:#111
"Tell Daddy" (1962) US:#122 R&B: #29
"How Can I Forget" (1963) R&B: #23 US: #85
"I (Who Have Nothing)" (1963) R&B: #16 US: #29
"I Could Have Danced All Night" (1963) US: #72
"What Now My Love" US:#102 (1964)
"That's When It Hurts" (1964)
"What Can A Man Do" (1964) US:#113
"It's All Over" (1964) US: #72
"Around The Corner" (1964) US:#125
"Seven Letters" (1965) R&B: #11 US: #45
"The Record (Baby I Love You)" (1965) Pop: #84 R&B: #24
"She's Gone Again" (1965) US: #128
"Cry No More" (1965)
"Goodnight My Love" (1965) US: #91
"So Much Love" (1966) US: #96
"Get In a Hurry" (1966)
"I Swear By Stars Above" (1966) R&B: #35 ("Get in a Hurry"'nin b tarafında)
"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" (1966)
"What Is Soul?" (1966) R&B: #38 (b-side of "They Don't Give...")
"A Man Without a Dream (1967)
"Tears, Tears, Tears" (1967) R&B: #34 US: #93 ("A Man Without..."'un b tarafında)
"Katherine" (1967)
"Don't Take Your Sweet Love Away" (1967) R&B: #44
"We Got a Thing Goin' On" (1968) with Dee Dee Sharp US: #127
"Don't Take Your Love from Me" (1968) US: #117
"Where's the Girl" (1968)
"It Ain't Fair" (1968)
"Til' I Can't Take It Anymore" US: #134
"Hey Little One" (1969)
"I Can't Take It Like a Man" (1970, Maxwell)
"Take Me to the Pilot" (1972, Mandala)
"Into the Mystic" (1972)
"Spread Myself Around" (1973)
"Supernatural Thing, Part 1" (1975, Atlantic) R&B: #1 US: #5
"Do It in the Name of Love" (1975) R&B: #4 US: #60
"We Got Love" (1975)
"I Had a Love" (1975) R&B: #23 (b-side of "We Got Love")
"I Betcha you Didn't Know" (1976)
"Get It Up" (1977) with Average White Band
"A Star in the Ghetto" (1977) R&B: #25 with Average White Band
"Fool for You Anyway" (1977) with Average White Band
"I See the Light" (1978)
"Fly Away to My Wonderland" (1978)
"Music Trance" (1979) R&B: #29
"Street Tough" (1981)
"You Made the Difference in My Life" (1981)
"Stand By Me [re-issue]" (1986) US: #9 UK: #1
"Spanish Harlem [re-issue]" (1987)
"Save the Last Dance for Me" [re-recorded] (1987, EMI-Manhattan) UK: #69
"What's Important to Me" (1991, Ichiban)
"You've Got All of Me" (1992)
"You Still Move Me" (1992)
"4th of July" (1997, Right Stuff)

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